Venturing Around The Venue, Looking Around LEN
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13 Complete Travessia do Leme ao Pontal
Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adherbal de Oliveira reported on three successful crossings of the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal along the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 8th – 2 relays and 1 solo swimmer. The Leme ao Pontal Challenge offers a 36
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Apurba Saha Wins Historic 81 km Race Down The Ganges
Apurba Saha Wins Historic 81 km Race Down The Ganges Courtesy of WOWSA, River Bhagirathi, India. 21 swimmers started at 5 am and 10 swimmers finished the 81 km India National Open Water Swimming Competition down The Ganges. At 50.3 miles, it is one of the world’s longest races that celebrated its 75th edition this
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It’s A Go For Nejib Belhedi’s 120 km Solo Swim
Courtesy of WOWSA, Sfax, Tunisia. Nejib Belhedi is ready to go on the longest, toughest, most challenging swim of his career: a 120 km solo unassisted swim from Southern Salin Basin in Thyna-Sfax at 7:30 am on Saturday, September 15th with the expected finish 74.5 miles away on Jlij Island. “I have swum for 24
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Michael Teys, Trevor Colman Achieve Their Triple Crowns
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Teys of Australia and Trevor Colman of the UK both became the latest swimmers to achieve the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. The 56-year-old Aussie finished third with his 7 hour 23 minute 59 second completion of the 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim. The 64-year-old British swimmer finished
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Francesco Ghettini Wins Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli
Courtesy of WOWSA, Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, Italy. Francesco Ghettini won the 53rd edition of the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy today. Men’s Results: 1. Francesco Ghettini (ITA) 6 hours 56 minutes 11 seconds 2. Evgenij Pop Acev (MKD) 6 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds 3. Lars Bottelier (NED) 7 hours 0 minutes 25
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Barbara Pozzobón Wins Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli
Courtesy of WOWSA, Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, Italy. Barbara Pozzobón is the defending FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix champion who won the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Canada on July 28th. Pozzobón continues her streak and swim well at the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli. She won the 53rd edition
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Jacques Amyot Exemplified Greatness
Courtesy of Xavier Desharnais, Lac St-Jean, Québec, Canada. Jacques Amyot passed away at the age of 93 on September 7th in Quebec City, Canada where the famed marathon swimmer was born. “How sad it is to lose such a great man. For those who do not know him, Jacques Amyot was the first man to
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The People Behind The Feeding Sticks
Courtesy of Tim Hochradel on Tateyama Hojo Coast in Chiba, Japan. The focus of most media attention about open water swimming is on the athletes themselves, whether the swimmer is young or old, slow or fast, amateur or Olympic. But the people guiding on the escort boats, paddling on kayaks, and passing food and hydration
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Tokyo, Check. Paris, Check. What About Los Angeles?
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games marathon swim will be held in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay, a very flat, very warm-water venue. The 2024 Paris Olympic Games marathon swim will be held in the Seine near the Eiffel Tower, the same venue that hosted the 1900 swimming events.*
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